Wheatfield Park Coach House, Stables And Farmhouse

Wheatfield Park Coach House, Stables, and Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building dating from around 1730, originally built for John Rudge. The coach house features red brick on the end walls and rear, supported by wood Doric columns that hold up a red brick parapet. It has an old plain-tile hipped roof with a central wall and a wood cupola. The coach house is designed with three bays, where four Doric columns support a parapet that includes a moulded stone-dressed false pediment. The double plank doors between the columns have round tops, except for a 20th-century plank infill to the left. A round window is located in the tympanum of the pediment, and there are stone ball finials at the ends of the parapet. The cupola on the roof has a square base, an octagonal boarded second stage, and an octagonal dome.

Flanking the coach house are the stables, positioned at right angles and connected by walls with doorways, forming a courtyard. The stables, located to the left and right, are constructed of red brick with plum brick panels and stone dressings, topped with old plain-tile hipped roofs. These single-storey ranges consist of nine bays, with the central three bays projecting forward. Each bay features a double rubbed-brick arch on flat piers. The base of the parapet has a moulded stone cornice, and the central three bays have a moulded stone false pediment with a brick tympanum. The parapet is also adorned with moulded stone coping. Most stable openings have either plum brick infill with fanlights above or 20th-century doors. The interiors were not inspected. The opposing ends of the stables leading to the coach house have brick walls with piers topped by stone ball finials, creating an entrance approach. This stable block was formerly part of Wheatfield Park, which was destroyed by fire in 1814.